by Maristella Bertram, MBA, CPO® | Jul 17, 2022 | Get Organized Blog, Home Organizer, Medium, Professional Organizer
Aromatherapy
When we think of ways to alleviate the negative chatter in our heads, counseling and therapy probably come to mind. However, aromatherapy might not be one of those options. Instead, we think of aromatherapy as a way to relax and perhaps uplift. We might not regard aromatherapy as an effective, permanent way to remove trauma or emotional blockage. I learned about the Aroma Freedom Technique and how the true power of essential oils redefines aromatherapy. With the AFT Technique and the use of pure essential oils, aromatherapy can be a powerful therapy to address trauma and emotional blockages.
The AFT Technique
The Aroma Freedom Technique (AFT for short) is an entirely new approach to Aromatherapy that uses the power of pure essential oils to shift a person’s mental state, mood, and ability to take positive action.
This technique was developed in 2016 by Dr. Benjamin Perkus, a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience. He has studied many of the most progressive techniques for body, mind, and emotional wellness and traveled around the world teaching people how to use Essential Oils and lifestyle strategies to optimize brain function, let go of the past, and enhance happiness and well-being.
How It Works
The AFT technique is to be used only with Young Living Essential Oils because Young Living’s Seed-to-Seal Process ensures that their oils are of the purest quality. It should be the pure and highest quality when inhaling essential oil. The brain is a susceptible organ, and we should not inhale oils with solvents, synthetic constituents, or pesticides.
These oils can significantly affect the body, given how the body absorbs its molecules. The chemical constituents of essential oils are tiny hydrocarbon molecules. A single drop of essential oil may contain 40 million trillion molecules (got that number?). The human body has roughly 100 trillion cells. So, if absorbed completely, a single drop of essential oil applied to the body potentially puts 40,000 oil molecules into each cell in the body. Very little essential oil is needed to affect the body significantly.
Since the sense of smell is the most associated with memories, this technique uses pure essential oils to trigger memories related to experiences we want to eradicate. The process evokes the memories and develops new associations related to those memories.
We can’t change a memory, but we can change how we feel about a memory. And it is our feelings about specific memories that determine how we react to them and how it impacts our life from that point forward. So, through this process, you identify what blocks you, and how to release those blockages.
If we achieve a change of heart about a memory blocking our progress, we would have found a way around the blockage. That memory can no longer hold us back, and we can move forward.
Let’s Try It!
To know what these oils might help you achieve or discover what’s next for you, contact Beverly Chin-Day of The Essential Families, LLC. She can show you the magical world of authentic essential oils!
To experience the AFT technique, contact Dr. Elizabeth Naylor at Elizabeth@PURIFIMe.com. Dr. Naylor is a doctor in Holistic Nutrition and is a certified AFT practitioner.
by Maristella Bertram, MBA, CPO® | Jun 3, 2022 | Get Organized Blog, Home Organizer, Medium, Professional Organizer
The Body Knows
Our environment can make us sick. I’m not necessarily referring to pollution, but rather how we react to our environment. We react consciously and subconsciously. We are energy. Everything around us is energy. Even the colors we see are nothing other than different wavelengths of energy, and we know colors have the power to impact our mood. Thus, restoring proper body and mind energetic flow seems essential to practice self-care.
It is impossible not to react to our environment in one way or another. You might not react consciously, but our bodies know. Our subconscious minds know. I first learned about this through an acupuncturist when he showed me how the “muscle test” works. He showed me how the body is the best lie detector. The body can’t lie, and it has a mind of its own.
So, regardless of our thoughts and what we perceive from our environment, the subconscious mind and the body know the truths we might not be aware of or purposely ignore.
The Energy of Clutter
In previous articles, I have discussed clutter and its psychological and physical effects.
In her book Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui, Karen Kingston says: “The word “clutter” derives from the Middle English word “clotter,” which means “to coagulate” – and that’s as stuck as you can get. Clutter accumulates when energy stagnates, and likewise, energy stagnates when clutter accumulates. Clutter begins as a symptom of what is happening with you in your life and then becomes part of the problem itself because the more of it you have, the more stagnant energy it attracts to itself. It starts with a bit and then slowly, insidiously, it grows – and so does the stagnant energy around it, which then has a correspondingly stagnating effect on your life. Sorting out your life by sorting out your junk results in a tremendous renewal of your life force energy.”
It’s no surprise that clutter directly interferes with the correct flow of energy, both at the physical and metaphysical levels (spirit and mind). So often, surrounding mess creates a physical or mental imbalance. However, the process can work in the opposite way – pains and tensions that make it impossible to deal with our clutter. Most times, these two scenarios feed off each other.
When clutter surrounds us, our physical and emotional energy is cramped. An impaired energy flow can cause adverse mental and physiological reactions. Unhealthy patterns emerge, and illness might follow. We should strive to be on the defense rather than relying on corrective methods when it comes to the energy in our bodies.
Holistic Practices That Prevent Disease
Traditional medicine is mainly an interventional solution for health problems and falls short on prevention. Practices such as essential oils, Chiropractic care, and Acupuncture are examples of holistic ways to correct our energetic flow and health.
Essential Oils
In my article The True Power of Essential Oils, I share a little of my own story with essential oils, as well as my genuine surprise to discover their true power.
Chiropractic Care
Plano Chiropractor, Dr. Brian Dillon, explains: “One of the many hidden benefits of chiropractic care is creating a more effective immune system by removing interference with the nervous system at the spinal level. For example, when the spine is out of alignment, the immune system is impaired, interfering with the body’s ability to heal. Being aligned allows the body to heal itself and help prevent “dis-ease.”
Acupuncture
Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist Xenia Maradiaga-Gross explains that “Acupuncture is part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine. Traditional Chinese Medicine regards (and treats) patients as whole individuals, considering the physical, the emotional, and the mental, with both the conscious and the subconscious. When we suffer physical or emotional trauma that is left unaddressed, this might create an obstruction of energy over time. When this happens, energy gets stagnant, which disrupts the flow of blood and vital fluids. Then we experience physical symptoms like headache, tension, tiredness, cramps, bloating. Those symptoms are the body telling us that it is out of balance. Those symptoms affect our mood and quality of life. When we ignore chronic imbalances affecting organs and body systems, this might result in severe conditions and disease. Acupuncture addresses the patient’s symptoms and the root cause of energy imbalances creating those symptoms. It increases blood and energy flow in the body to properly restore its systems’ functions.”
Prevention Is Key
Practicing prevention seems like the best strategy to follow, given that the body and the subconscious mind perceive what we can’t notice. We don’t necessarily know when/where energetic disconnections occur. Leaving these disconnections unattended might result in those strange, spontaneous pains we experience from time to time. Even worse, illness might follow sooner than later.
